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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL A. BATOHELOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MODE OF ORNAMENTING METALS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, NATHANIEL A. BATCH- ELOR, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of ()rnamentingIron and other Metal Work; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists in the ornamentation of cast-iron or other metalby sticking to its surface with any suitable adhesive material plates orthin pieces of another metal of any form or design, then japanning, andafterward rubbing down and polishing in such manner as to leave exposedthe surfaces of the said thin plates or pieces, which may then befurther ornamented by engraving, chasing, or other means; or the saidthin plates or pieces may be engraved or chased before application tothe iron or other metalto be ornamented.

The invention is more particularly intended to be applied to theornamentation of articles of cast-iron-such as clock-faces, fire-places,fenders, and other articles of household furnitureand the metal which Ipropose generally to use for ornamentation is pure tin, which possessesthe advantages of producing a brilliant contrast with the dark color ofthe japan, of not readily tarnishing, of being very easily bent to adaptit to curved or angular surfaces, and of its not being costly. Brass orother alloys might be used, or silver; but the latter would be tooexpensive for the profuse ornamentation of articles or considerablesize.

The metal used for ornamentation is rolled or otherwise formed into thinsheets, and the pieces to form the ornaments may be out out by punchesof suitable design. material which my experiments have led me to supposethe best for sticking the ornamenting metal to the iron or other bodymetal is a solution of gluein dilute alcohol; but they may be stuck onwith the same japan which I use for coating the other parts of the iron.This is the japan ordinarily used in the japanning trade. Vhen the metalornaments have been stuck on I apply the japan in the manner practicedby japanning over the whole of the ornaments, as well as over theportions of .the iron or body metal uncovered by the ornamented metal,but apply it thickest over the uncovered portion, and after subjectingit to the usual baking process rub it down and polish it withpumice-stone, tripoli, or other substance of similar nature.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- The cementing of plate or sheet metal ornaments to the article tobe japanned, and then applying the japan, as described.

NATHANIEL A. BATGHELOR.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, (J. W. GoWTAN.

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